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Numerical investigation of the influence of the suction-elbow on the inlet flow of a storage pump
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Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timisoara Transactions on Mechanics, Tom 51(65), Fascicola 3, Special issue, 2nd Workshop on Vortex Dominated Flows Bucharest, Romania, pp. 31-36
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This paper presents the numerical investigation of
the 3D flow in the impeller and the suction-elbow
of a storage pump by using commercial code
FLUENT 6.0. In pumps with suction-elbows of
complex shape the interaction of the flow between
the suction-elbow and the impeller is of great
importance. The turn of the flow in the bend of the
suction-elbow gives rise to a considerable variation
of the flow at impeller inlet. Modern coupled
computations of both suction-elbow and impeller
take these effects into consideration. First the
investigated centrifugal pump is described, then the
equations that governs the flow and the boundary
conditions imposed and in the end the results of the
flow simulation.
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| ISSN 1224-6077 |
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2006
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| storage pump, mixing interface method, turbulent flow |
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Paper
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STUPARU Adrian
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MUNTEAN Sebastian
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BALINT Daniel
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ANTON Liviu Eugen
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BAYA Alexandru
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National Journal Article
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Numerical Simulation and Parallel Computing Laboratory
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UPT
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